The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

Johan Rockström¹, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted², Walter C Willett³, Line J Gordon⁴, Mario Herrero⁵, Christina C Hicks⁶, Daniel Mason-D'Croz⁷, Nitya Rao⁸, Marco Springmann⁹, Ellen Cecilie Wright¹⁰, Rina Agustina¹¹, Sumati Bajaj¹², Anne Charlotte Bunge¹³, Bianca Carducci¹⁴, Costanza Conti¹⁵, Namukolo Covic¹⁶, Jessica Fanzo¹⁴, Nita G Forouhi¹⁷, Matthew F Gibson⁵, Xiao Gu³, Ermias Kebreab¹⁸, Claire Kremen¹⁹, Amar Laila²⁰, Ramanan Laxminarayan²¹, Theresa M Marteau²², Carlos A Monteiro²³, Anna Norberg²⁴, Jemimah Njuki²⁵, Thais Diniz Oliveira⁵, Wen-Harn Pan²⁶, Juan A Rivera²⁷, James P W Robinson⁶, Marina Sundiang⁵, Sofie Te Wierik²⁴, Detlef P van Vuuren²⁸, Sonja Vermeulen²⁹, Patrick Webb³⁰, Lujain Alqodmani³¹, Ramya Ambikapathi³², Anne Barnhill³³, Isabel Baudish³⁴, Felicitas Beier³⁵, Damien Beillouin³⁶, Arthur H W Beusen³⁷, Jannes Breier²⁴, Charlotte Chemarin³⁸, Maksym Chepeliev³⁹, Jennifer Clapp⁴⁰, Wim de Vries⁴¹, Ignacio Pérez-Domínguez⁴², Natalia Estrada-Carmona³⁸, Dieter Gerten²⁴, Christopher D Golden³, Sarah K Jones³⁸, Peter Søgaard Jørgensen⁴³, Marta Kozicka⁴⁴, Hermann Lotze-Campen³⁵, Federico Maggi⁴⁵, Emma Marzi⁴⁶, Abhijeet Mishra⁴⁷, Fernando Orduna-Cabrera⁴⁴, Alexander Popp⁴⁸, Lena Schulte-Uebbing³⁷, Elke Stehfest³⁷, Fiona H M Tang⁴⁹, Kazuaki Tsuchiya⁵⁰, Hannah H E Van Zanten⁴¹, Willem-Jan van Zeist⁵¹, Xin Zhao⁵², Fabrice DeClerck⁵³

Affiliations

¹ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
² Nutrition, Health and Food Security, CGIAR, Montpellier, France.
³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
⁶ Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
⁷ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
⁸ University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
⁹ University College London, London, UK; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ EAT, Oslo, Norway; University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
¹¹ Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; Enhance Global, Jakarta, Indonesia.
¹² University College London, London, UK.
¹³ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁴ Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden; M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
¹⁶ International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁷ University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁸ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
¹⁹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
²⁰ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
²¹ One Health Trust, Bangalore, India; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
²² University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
²³ University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
²⁴ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany.
²⁵ UN Women, New York, NY, USA.
²⁶ Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
²⁷ National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
²⁸ PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Hague, Netherlands; Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht, Netherlands.
²⁹ Clim-Eat, Wageningen, Netherlands.
³⁰ Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
³¹ EAT, Oslo, Norway.
³² Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Cali-Palmira, Colombia.
³³ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³⁴ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
³⁵ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³⁶ CIRAD UPR HortSys, Montpellier, France.
³⁷ PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Hague, Netherlands.
³⁸ Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Montpellier, France.
³⁹ Purdue University, Lafayette IN, USA.
⁴⁰ University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
⁴¹ Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
⁴² European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain.
⁴³ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴⁴ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
⁴⁵ University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴⁶ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴⁷ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany.
⁴⁸ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.
⁴⁹ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵⁰ National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁵¹ Wageningen Social & Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research, Waginingen, Netherlands.
⁵² Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁵³ EAT, Oslo, Norway; Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: fabrice@eatforum.org.

PMID: 41046857
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01201-2

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The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

Johan Rockström et al. Lancet. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 11;406(10512):1625-1700.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01201-2. Epub 2025 Oct 2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
² Nutrition, Health and Food Security, CGIAR, Montpellier, France.
³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
⁶ Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
⁷ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
⁸ University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
⁹ University College London, London, UK; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ EAT, Oslo, Norway; University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
¹¹ Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; Enhance Global, Jakarta, Indonesia.
¹² University College London, London, UK.
¹³ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁴ Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden; M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
¹⁶ International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁷ University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁸ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
¹⁹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
²⁰ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
²¹ One Health Trust, Bangalore, India; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
²² University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
²³ University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
²⁴ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany.
²⁵ UN Women, New York, NY, USA.
²⁶ Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
²⁷ National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
²⁸ PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Hague, Netherlands; Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht, Netherlands.
²⁹ Clim-Eat, Wageningen, Netherlands.
³⁰ Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
³¹ EAT, Oslo, Norway.
³² Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Cali-Palmira, Colombia.
³³ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³⁴ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
³⁵ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³⁶ CIRAD UPR HortSys, Montpellier, France.
³⁷ PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Hague, Netherlands.
³⁸ Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Montpellier, France.
³⁹ Purdue University, Lafayette IN, USA.
⁴⁰ University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
⁴¹ Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
⁴² European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain.
⁴³ Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴⁴ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
⁴⁵ University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴⁶ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴⁷ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany.
⁴⁸ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.
⁴⁹ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵⁰ National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁵¹ Wageningen Social & Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research, Waginingen, Netherlands.
⁵² Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁵³ EAT, Oslo, Norway; Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: fabrice@eatforum.org.

PMID: 41046857
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01201-2

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Declaration of interests ACB received funding from Familjen Kamprad Foundation (20200149) and the IKEA Foundation (G-1910-01412); AM, CCh, DM-D'C, FDeC, NEC, and SKJ received funding from the CGIAR Science Program on Policy Innovations, the CGIAR initiative on Nexus Gains, and the CGIAR Foresight Initiative; BC was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Banting Fellowship, Columbia Climate School; CCo received funding from the IKEA Foundation (31002610); CCH received funding from the European Research Council (759457); DM-D'C, MH, MFG, MS, and TDO received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-054158 and 155732); MH, MFG, MS, and TDO received funding from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability (ID 2022-Herrero-mh2258); DvV received support from the European Research Council under PICASSO (819566); IB was supported by a grant from the IKEA Foundation to the Stockholm Resilience Centre; JPWR received funding from a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF\R1\231087); KT received funding from the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (JPMEERF20241001); LG received funding from the Curt Bergfors Foundation (SU-481-0070-20); MK received support from the European Union SWITCH grant agreement (101060483); MSp acknowledges funding from the Wellcome Trust through a Career Development Award (225318/Z/22/Z); NGF received funding from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit (MC_UU_00006/3), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312), and the NIHR Senior Investigator (NIHR202397); PSJ was supported by the European Research Council starting grant INFLUX (101039376) and the Swedish Research Council Formas (202000371); WJvZ received funding from the EU's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme (101056875: ForestNavigator); XG is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation (2022 FOD 007); and XZ's participation in this research was partly supported by the ClimateWorks Foundation.

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